ramshackle
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County sheriff’s deputies converged on the scene and were visible amid a desert landscape and some ramshackle buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He confesses to catching one game—a victory for Spain—in a ramshackle café in a Galician village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The film is not about a tugboat operator, nor does it follow the life and times of the ramshackle group working at a service garage.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
A cardboard box found in a collector's "ramshackle" collection of vintage films contained two episodes of Doctor Who that have not been viewed since airing in the 1960s.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
With no money and no time to settle, we moved to a different ramshackle rental cottage or boardinghouse every season until I was so pregnant with Rachel that our nomad state seemed disreputable.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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